OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soft Robotics is 17. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Toward a Common Framework and Database of Materials for Soft Robotics	197
Fully Wearable Actuated Soft Exoskeleton for Grasping Assistance in Everyday Activities	134
Soft Robots for Ocean Exploration and Offshore Operations: A Perspective	90
An Origami Continuum Robot Capable of Precise Motion Through Torsionally Stiff Body and Smooth Inverse Kinematics	80
MagWorm: A Biomimetic Magnet Embedded Worm-Like Soft Robot	71
Pneumatically Actuated Soft Gripper with Bistable Structures	69
Harnessing the Multistability of Kresling Origami for Reconfigurable Articulation in Soft Robotic Arms	68
Variable Stiffness Devices Using Fiber Jamming for Application in Soft Robotics and Wearable Haptics	68
Adaptive Variable Stiffness Particle Phalange for Robust and Durable Robotic Grasping	67
Patient-Specific Magnetic Catheters for Atraumatic Autonomous Endoscopy	61
Multimode Grasping Soft Gripper Achieved by Layer Jamming Structure and Tendon-Driven Mechanism	61
Additive Manufacturing for Self-Healing Soft Robots	60
Twisted-and-Coiled Actuators with Free Strokes Enable Soft Robots with Programmable Motions	59
Tensegrity Robotics	59
Fiber Jamming Transition as a Stiffening Mechanism for Soft Robotics	56
Circular Shell Gripper for Handling Food Products	54
Analytical Modeling and Design of Generalized Pneu-Net Soft Actuators with Three-Dimensional Deformations	54
Modal-Based Kinematics and Contact Detection of Soft Robots	54
Soft Humanoid Hands with Large Grasping Force Enabled by Flexible Hybrid Pneumatic Actuators	51
Unfolding Textile-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Applications	47
Texture Discrimination with a Soft Biomimetic Finger Using a Flexible Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor Array That Provides Sensory Feedback	45
A Layer Jamming Actuator for Tunable Stiffness and Shape-Changing Devices	45
A Snake-Inspired Layer-Driven Continuum Robot	44
LM-Jelly: Liquid Metal Enabled Biomimetic Robotic Jellyfish	43
Lightweight Highly Tunable Jamming-Based Composites	42

Toward Task Autonomy in Robotic Cardiac Ablation: Learning-Based Kinematic Control of Soft Tendon-Driven Catheters	39
Pneumatic Supply System Parameter Optimization for Soft Actuators	39
Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System	38
An Exoneuromusculoskeleton for Self-Help Upper Limb Rehabilitation After Stroke	38
Recent Progress of Soft Electrothermal Actuators	38
Global Vision-Based Formation Control of Soft Robotic Fish Swarm	38
Photoresponsive Hydrogel Microcrawlers Exploit Friction Hysteresis to Crawl by Reciprocal Actuation	38
3D Printed Biomimetic Soft Robot with Multimodal Locomotion and Multifunctionality	38
Characteristic Analysis and Design Optimization of Bubble Artificial Muscles	37
Soft Actuators Based on Liquid–Vapor Phase Change Composites	37
Optimal Design of a Compliant Constant-Force Mechanism to Deliver a Nearly Constant Output Force Over a Range of Input Displacements	36
A Bioinspired Soft Swallowing Gripper for Universal Adaptable Grasping	35
Pneumatically Controlled Reconfigurable Bistable Bionic Flower for Robotic Gripper	35
SoGut: A Soft Robotic Gastric Simulator	35
Stiffness-Tunable Soft Gripper with Soft-Rigid Hybrid Actuation for Versatile Manipulations	35
Fast Thermal Actuators for Soft Robotics	34
Soft Miniaturized Actuation and Sensing Units for Dynamic Force Control of Cardiac Ablation Catheters	34
Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications	33
Anguilliform Swimming Performance of an Eel-Inspired Soft Robot	33
An Untethered Soft Robot Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers	33
A Human-Inspired Soft Finger with Dual-Mode Morphing Enabled by Variable Stiffness Mechanism	32
An Analysis of Peristaltic Locomotion for Maximizing Velocity or Minimizing Cost of Transport of Earthworm-Like Robots	32
3D Printing Microactuators for Soft Microrobots	32
Bio-Inspired Transparent Soft Jellyfish Robot	32
A Wearable Textile-Embedded Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Haptic Display	32
Compliant, Large-Strain, and Self-Sensing Twisted String Actuators	32
Flexible Manipulator with Low-Melting-Point Alloy Actuation and Variable Stiffness	31
Robust Multimodal Indirect Sensing for Soft Robots Via Neural Network-Aided Filter-Based Estimation	31
Limpet II: A Modular, Untethered Soft Robot	31
A Shapeshifting Ferrofluidic Robot	29
Bioinspired High-Degrees of Freedom Soft Robotic Glove for Restoring Versatile and Comfortable Manipulation	28
One-Shot 3D-Printed Multimaterial Soft Robotic Jamming Grippers	28
Stiffness Preprogrammable Soft Bending Pneumatic Actuators for High-Efficient, Conformal Operation	28
Origami-Inspired Soft Twisting Actuator	28
Single-Actuator Soft Robot for In-Pipe Crawling	27
Tendon-Driven Jamming Mechanism for Configurable Variable Stiffness	26
Tactile Model O: Fabrication and Testing of a 3D-Printed, Three-Fingered Tactile Robot Hand	26
Electrically Activated Soft Robots: Speed Up by Rolling	26
Force Control of a 3D Printed Soft Gripper with Built-In Pneumatic Touch Sensing Chambers	26
Continuum Robotic Caterpillar with Wirelessly Powered Shape Memory Alloy Actuators	26
Soft, Wearable, and Pleated Pneumatic Interference Actuator Provides Knee Extension Torque for Sit-to-Stand	26
Bioinspired Multimodal Multipose Hybrid Fingers for Wide-Range Force, Compliant, and Stable Grasping	25
A Soft Exoskeleton for Tremor Suppression Equipped with Flexible Semiactive Actuator	25
A Multimodal, Reconfigurable Workspace Soft Gripper for Advanced Grasping Tasks	24
Origami Spring-Inspired Shape Morphing for Flexible Robotics	24
Versatile Soft Robot Gripper Enabled by Stiffness and Adhesion Tuning via Thermoplastic Composite	24
Inflatable Particle-Jammed Robotic Gripper Based on Integration of Positive Pressure and Partial Filling	24
Flexible Capacitive Curvature Sensor with One-Time Calibration for Amphibious Gait Monitoring	23
A Soft Robot for Peripheral Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy	23
Leaf-Like Origami with Bistability for Self-Adaptive Grasping Motions	23

A Preprogrammable Continuum Robot Inspired by Elephant Trunk for Dexterous Manipulation	22
Facile Analytical Extraction of the Hyperelastic Constants for the Two-Parameter Mooney–Rivlin Model from Experiments on Soft Polymers	22
Low-Voltage-Driven Large-Amplitude Soft Actuators Based on Phase Transition	21
Bioinspired, Shape-Morphing Scale Battery for Untethered Soft Robots	21
Bone-Inspired Bending Soft Robot	21
Flexoskeleton Printing Enables Versatile Fabrication of Hybrid Soft and Rigid Robots	21
Fluid Mechanics of Pneumatic Soft Robots	21
Design and Fabrication of a Low-Cost Silicone and Water-Based Soft Actuator with a High Load-to-Weight Ratio	21
Miniaturized Circuitry for Capacitive Self-Sensing and Closed-Loop Control of Soft Electrostatic Transducers	21
A Soft and Bistable Gripper with Adjustable Energy Barrier for Fast Capture in Space	21
Electroactive Polymer-Based Soft Actuator with Integrated Functions of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Motion and Perception	20
A Bioinspired Compliant 3D-Printed Soft Gripper	20
Variable Stiffness Electroadhesion and Compliant Electroadhesive Grippers	19
Artificial Whisker Sensor with Undulated Morphology and Self-Spread Piezoresistors for Diverse Flow Analyses	18
Action Augmentation of Tactile Perception for Soft-Body Palpation	18
Topology Optimization and Prototype of a Multimaterial-Like Compliant Finger by Varying the Infill Density in 3D Printing	18
Sim-to-Real for High-Resolution Optical Tactile Sensing: From Images to Three-Dimensional Contact Force Distributions	18
RoSE: A Robotic Soft Esophagus for Endoprosthetic Stent Testing	18
Untethered-Bioinspired Quadrupedal Robot Based on Double-Chamber Pre-charged Pneumatic Soft Actuators with Highly Flexible Trunk	18
Robotic Trajectories and Morphology Manipulation of Single Particle and Granular Materials by a Vibration Tweezer	17
A Sea-Anemone-Inspired, Multifunctional, Bistable Gripper	17